Vegetable-cutter.



PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

W. WILDERMUTH. VEGETABLE CUTTER.

PATBNTBD MAR. 14.-, 1905.

W.' WILDBRMUTH. VEGETABLE GUTTER.'

APPLIOATION FILED 0012.28, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WILDERMUTI-I, OF ROCHESTER, INDIANA.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,723, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed October 28, 1904. Serial No. 230,410.

To all whom, it patty concern/.-

Be it known that I, W ILLIAM IVILDERMU'IH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Fulton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vegetable-cutters of Athe rotary type; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive device of this character by means of which all kinds of vegetables and fruits may be quickly sliced.

The above and other objects whichwill appear as the nature of my invention is better understood are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a vegetable-cutter constructed in accordance with my invention and mounted upon a jar or barrel. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same; and Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse sectional views taken, respectively, on the lines 3 3 and L 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes a jar, barrel, or other suitable receptacle or container, upon the open upper end of which is mounted my improved vegetable-cutter 2. The latter comprises an open frame or base adapted to be supported upon said container 1, as shown, and consists of two parallel baseboards 3 and 4:, connected by front and rear uprights 5 and 6. Upon said uprights is secured a horizontally-disposed semicylindrical hopper 7, which has its rear end inclined upwardly and rearwardly and its front end registering with an opening 8, formed in the lower portion of the front upright 5. Secured conupright 5, and hence the open front end of the hopper. Said stub-shaft 9 has its inner portion formed with a circular head 11 and a screw-threaded portion 12, which projects through an opening' in said upright 5 and is engaged by a nut 14, which clamps said head 11 upon the front face of the upright 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Said rotary cutter 10 is in theform of a metal wheel 15, having an annular flange 16 and a centrally-disposed hub 17, which is mounted to rotate upon said shaft 9 between the head 11 and a split pin or key 18, which is passed through a transverse opening in the outer end of said stub-shaft, as shown. The web portion of said wheel 15 is formed with a series of radially-disposed slots or openings 19. having one of their edges inclined outwardly, as at 20, to receive a cutter-blade2i. ter-blade is adjustablysecured in said slot by means of screws 23, which are passed through slots 24 in said blades and into screw-threaded sockets in the wheel. By means of this construction it will be seen that the blades may be adjusted so as to project to a greater or less degree through the said slots, so that the thickness of the slices cut by the machine may be varied as desired. In order to operate said wheel, I preferably secure, by means of a set-screw 25, a crank-handle 26 upon the outer end of the hub of the cutter-wheel.

In order to force or feed the vegetables or fruits in the hopper 7 against the inner face of the cutter-wheel, I provide a spring-actuated feeder or follower, which, as shown, comprises an arm 28, which has its upper end pivotally mounted and its lower end provided with a semicircular head 29, which is adapted to swing in a vertical plane in said hopper 7. The pivotal connection of the upper end of the arm 28 is preferably effected by providing aspring-hinge 30, which has one of its leaves secured to said arm and its other end secured to a block 31, provided upon the upper portion of the inner face of the upright 5. Said spring-hinge 30 may be of any desired construction. As shown, its two leaves are shaped to form a cylindrical barrel, in which is mounted a coil-spring 32, having one of its ends attached to one of the leaves of Said cut- IOO said spring and its opposite end to the other of said leaves. In order to readily control the movement of the feeder or follower, l provide upon the outer face of the arm 28 a rearwardly projecting handle 34E, which is strengthened by a diagonal brace 35, as clearly shownin Fig. 3 of the drawings. To prevent the contents of the hopper 7 from crowding up upon the follower-head Q9 as the latter is forced inwardly, I. provide upon the rear of the upright 5 at each side of said arm 28 horizontally-projecting cover-plates 36.

ln order to prevent the slices of the fruit or vegetables severed by the rotary cutter from heilig scattered and to direct them into the receptacle or container 1,1 provide upon the front of the base or frame 2 a three-sided guard-casing 37, which is preferably mounted so as to be readily removed to permit the cutter-wheel to be cleaned or rcpai red. As shown, said guard 37 rests upon the base-boards 3 and 4 and is held thereon by the crank-handle of the cutter-wheel, a recess 38 being formed in the upper edge of the said guard to receive the hub of the cutter-wheel, as shown.

Frein the 'foregoing' description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A vegetable-cutter comprising an open base, uprights upon said base, a semicylindrical hopper mounted upon said uprights and provided with an open end, a rotary cutterwheel journaled upon one of said uprights and adapted to close the open end of said hopper, a vertical swinging arm pivotally mounted upon one of said uprights, a follower-head upon the lower portion of said arm adapted to swing in said hopper to feed its contents to said cutter-wheel and means for rotating said cutter-wheel, substantially as described.

2. A Vegetable-cutter comprising an open' base, uprights upon said base, a semicylindrical hopper mounted upon said uprights and provided with an open end, a rotary cutterwheel journaled upon one of said uprights and adapted to close the open end of said hopper, a vertical swinging arm pivotally mounted upon one of said uprights, a follower-head upon the lower portion of said arm adapted to swing in said hopper, aspring for actuating said arm and a guard-easing for said cutterwheel, substantially as described.

3. A vegetable-cutter comprising an open base, uprights upon said base, a semicylindrical hopper mounted upon said uprights and provided with an open end, a rotary cutterwheel journaled upon one of said uprights and adapted to close the open end of said hopper, means for feeding' the contents of said hopper to said wheel and a guard-casing for the outside of said cutter-wheel removably mounted upon said base and one of said uprights, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM VILDERMUTH. lVitnesses:

MICHAEL L. Essie/K, ORBRA F. MONTGOMERY. 

